How To Install asttest on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install asttest on Ubuntu 18.04. asttest is test runner for the Asterisk test suite - dummy package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asttest on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is asttest

asttest is:

The test suite for the Asterisk PBX software package. Developed as a separate package by its developers.

This package includes asttest: a binary needed for running tests.

Only used for very few LUA tests and disabled for now.

There are three methods to install asttest on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install asttest Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install asttest using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install asttest

Install asttest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install asttest using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install asttest

Install asttest Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install asttest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asttest

How To Uninstall asttest on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the asttest package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove asttest

Uninstall asttest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall asttest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asttest

Remove asttest Configurations and Data

To remove asttest configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge asttest

Remove asttest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove asttest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asttest

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asttest package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.